CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2011
Calvin to Host Eight-Team NCAA III Volleyball Regional;
Men's Soccer Gains At-Large Bid to NCAA III Tournament - To Face Carthage in
First Round
VOLLEYBALL
The Calvin women's volleyball team will host an eight-team NCAA III regional
November 10-12 at Van Noord Arena.
Joining Calvin at the regional will be Otterbein (Oh.), Hope (Mich.), St.
Norbert (Wisc.), Heidelberg (Oh.), Geneva (Pa.), Rose-Hulman (Ind.) and
Wittenberg (Oh).
First round matchups on November 10 will feature Heidelberg (31-6) against
Geneva (27-8), Wittenberg (31-3) against Rose-Hulman (24-8), Otterbein (25-5)
against Hope (24-6) and Calvin (31-0) against St. Norbert (26-7).
Official start times as well as ticket prices for the regional tournament will
be announced later this afternoon.
Calvin will be making its 21st appearance in the NCAA III Tournament. The
Calvin Knights are 26-21 all-time in NCAA III Tournament play. The Knights are
the defending national champions.
NCAA III Regional (at Calvin) Seeds
#1. Calvin (31-0)
#2 Wittenberg (31-3)
#3 Heidelberg (31-6)
#4 Otterbein (25-5)
#5 Hope (24-6)
#6 Geneva (27-8)
#7 Rose-Hulman (24-8)
#8 St. Norbert (26-7)
MEN'S SOCCER
The Calvin men’s soccer team has received an at-large (Pool C) bid to the NCAA
III Tournament. The Knights will face Cathage College (Wisc.) in a first-round
game Friday night in Dubuque, Iowa, on the campus of Loras College. Host Loras
(16-3-2) will face Minnesota-Morris (11-4-4) in the other first round game.
Game times will be announced later this afternoon.
Calvin (15-5-1) will be making its 10th appearance in the NCAA III Tournament
including its seventh under current head coach Chris Hughes.
The Knights have now reached the NCAA III five straight years. Calvin and
Carthage (14-5-2) met in in a regular season contest a year ago with Calvin
claiming a 2-0 win in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Calvin captured the MIAA regular season title this year, finishing 11-2-1 in
league play.
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